On 22 Dec 2014 10:42, "Roman Shaposhnik" <r...@apache.org> wrote:
> Well, than I suggest we solicit an opinion on this list of how many mentors > will remain if the requirement is to be put in place. I can tell you this much: > personally I will have to resign from every single poddling I am currently > mentoring. There is absolutely no way I can promise the level of commitment > that goes beyond helping them with 'the Apache Way' and releases. IOW, > if I were to be required to understand their technology -- I don't think I can > stay. I fully agree that mentors should not be expected to gain full understanding of the incubator's project. The role of the mentor is to guide the project along Apache Ways, with regards to community building and management, but also on ensuring releases are done in an open source manner. As part of an incubutor, I would however be grateful if at least one of the mentors were capable in the foundational technology, e.g. in our case Java/Maven/OSGi. Why? There is a strong tie between those and release management, dependency management and licensing. We have found that our champion had the right camera and has helped with most of the bootstrapping, while mentors have had a wider view and can say things like "Look at project X and how they do Y".
